This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade ELA in Language.
3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
Use within any subject
Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject.
Students will put 9 words randomly in the 3x3 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
Use within any subject
Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject.
Students will put 9 words randomly in the 3x3 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
Use within any subject
Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject.
Students will put 9 words randomly in the 3x3 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
Use within any subject
Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject.
Students will put up to 5 words randomly in the 3x3 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
3 x 3 Vocabulary Challenge
Use within any subject
Need a bank of at least 10 words from a similar subject.
Students will put 9 words randomly in the 3x3 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 3x3 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
5x5 Vocabulary Challenge
Science Vocabulary
Can edit the bank to fit your class needs.
Students will put up to 15 words randomly in the 5x5 grid.
Challenge: Make a sentence using each word in row 1. Challenge students to make sentences for each row and column in the 5x5 grid.
Can be done collaboratively, or individual. Nice to mix it up!
To add technology, have students find a resource or picture or article that supports their sentences.
This is an intermediate learning plan based on Unit 1 of the WordBuilder Vocabulary book. This particular resource will be used with an Advanced 6th Grade ELA class, as the vocabulary words are consiered to be at a 7th grade level. However, it could be used with a 7th grade class as well. Students take a pre-assessment, and their score dictates which sets of activities they need to complete, with the goal being to move them toward proficiency on the post assessment. This intermediate playlist was developed as part of a professional learning opportunity funded by the NCDPI Digital Learning Initiative Planning Grant.
ADDING TEXT REMIX of Remix: Election Day: Our Civic Duty & Why It Matters: Grade 3-5
Students will build background and show understanding about government elections at the local, state, and national levels in the United States.
Students will write, revise, and edit an informational piece to demonstrate mastery of the topic of elections incorporating key academic content vocabulary.
Students will create a PPT with a teacher's model to demonstrate understanding and mastery of key content area vocabulary words.
Students will complete activities during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words
I have used this project as a summative assessment at the end of the school year for many years across two grade levels (6th and 8th). It has taken multiple formats as my students choose the medium that they utilize.
This project can be used as a summative assessment in Middle and High School.
A 10-15 lessons (based on time) where students compare / contrast text in literature circles and share jigsawed information using Prezis
This lesson uses the book, One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, by Daniel Bernstrom and Brendon Wenzel, to incorporate music, reading/writing/language arts, visual art, social studies, and physical education into a lesson or unit of lessons. The resource lists 5 different ways the book can be used, from a 15 minute reading with instrumental accompaniment, to a weeks-long project of writing and illustrating a sequel to the book.
After the lesson of explaining the reading and spelling for oi/oy, give some example words, cold call on students to read sentences that have oi/oy words in them, and ask students to come up with some oi/oy words to add to the list.
Students cut apart provided words. Teacher guides students to group similar words together. If necessary, teacher prompts with "Notice how the words look" and/or "Notice how the words sound."
For an extension, students could also create subgroups by sorting according to where the letter combination is found in the word-at the beginning, middle, or end.
It is suggested that an anchor word for each combination be added to a resource such as a word wall or word study notebook for future reference.
For assessment, students could sort and glue into the groups, read the list of words from the sort, or spell the words from the sort.
Students cut apart provided words. Teacher guides students to group similar words together. If necessary, teacher prompts with "Notice how the words look" and/or "Notice how the words sound."
The purpose of the sort is NOT to teach "rules" regarding what sounds these letter combinations make. Instead, it is to build confidence in recognizing some common, yet difficult combinations when reading words and also spelling words with this sound in it.
For an extension, students could also create subgroups by sorting according to where the letter combination is found in the word-at the beginning, middle, or end.
It is suggested that an anchor word for each combination be added to a resource such as a word wall or word study notebook for future reference.
For assessment, students could sort and glue into the groups, read the list of words from the sort, or spell the words from the sort.
Teacher can project to do this activity for the whole group or students can complete in a station. There is audio recording for each slide, so students will be able to hear the directions and the statement on each slide. Students will be identifying and correcting the 1 error on each slide. Errors deal with capitalization, punctuation: periods, exclamation and question marks. This activity can be completed at any time during Kindergarten Wonders Units. There is no set Unit of focus as this skill is continuous.
Students will review and identify personal pronouns and code the Dash robot to move toward each personal pronoun on the grid mat.
Resource for students to use during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words
Resource for students to use during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 2 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words
Extension: Discuss the vocabulary words: right, privilege. Students will read the description and determine if the example is a right or a privilege.
Students will gain an understanding of using contractions in speaking and in written text. They will identify word pairs used to make contractions and create contractions appropriately. They will also have a better understanding of how certain grammatical structures, like contractions, contribute to the overall understanding of a text.